Wire-glass machine



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

I. MMRYON. WIRE GLASS MACHINE.

BIO-[531,570. Patented Dec. 25, 1894.

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UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS M; RYON, OF STREATOR, ILLINOIS.

WIRE-GLASSVMAYCHIN'E;

PEC FICATION forming part of LettersPatent No. 531,570, dated December 25, 1894.

Application filed September 27, 1894- .Serial No. 524,264. (No modelil To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANCIS M. RYON, residing at Streator, in the county of La Salle and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wire-Glass Machines, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is designed to provide a machine to manufacture what is known in the market as wire glass,-and the result of the operation ofthe machine so invented, is to actual operation in'making the wire glass with this machine, it is necessary to apply cold water to the table plate and roller at more or less frequent intervals, tokeep the surfaces that come in contact with the glass,

sufficiently cool toprevent the molten glass from sticking to said surfaces. In the rollers herein employed it is not necessary to have hollow spaces, where heat is applied, but said rollers are solid iron or steel.

The invention consists in the peculiar con-' struction and arrangement of devices for embedding the glass and producing a smooth surface which will now be described with reference to the drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a side view of the machine, standing on a section of table plate. Fig. 2 is a plan view; Fig. 3, a section of the embedding devices taken longitudinally to the axis, and Fig. 4: is a perspective view of the device applied to the ordinary plate rollingthe disks.

- pended agreater or less number of disks K,

I which are hereinafter explained.

' D represents the frame connecting the rollers B and B and the axle with disks K.

E represents a spool, or hollow drum, around which the sheet of wire netting is rolled, the spool being held by the upright frame F, which is attached to frame D. The sheet of .wire netting is held fast to the spool by the small book X.

H represents a hand wheel on top of the screw as shown, such screw being attached by a swivel collar at its lower end to the boxingO, carrying the bearings of the axle of By raising or lowering this screw, the axle of disks is raised or lowered as desired, and by means of this regulation, the wire netting can be placed to any desired depth in a sheet of glass, as hereinafter described.

Referring to'Fig; 2 the axlev O is shown as hollow, and around it revolve thethin disks K,the disks being kept apart, by washers L,

and'the disks and washers having hollow spaces through them, to allow the air to cir .culate through to keep them somewhat cool, .and thus prevent bending and warping.

Should these disks wear away, by the action of the molten glass, they can be easily removed and replaced with other disks, by merely removing the boxing from the axle.

the frame D as shown in Fig. 1.

As shown in Fig. 2 the first roller B is pro- .vided with a hand wheel, by which it is turned .to move the axle with its disks, under which is passing a sheet of wire netting from the spool E. 7 1

Referring to Fig. 1 the process of making a sheet of wire glass, would be as follows: 0onsidering themachine as moving from right to left, the molten glass is carried to the table, and thrown between the guides A. As soon as the glass strikes the table, the machine is pulled upon, and over the glass, by hand power applied to the hand wheels attached to the .first roller. strands of steel s, lying on the table bed, and lthese'strips determine the thickness to whigh the sheet of glass is rolled, As the sheet is Rollers B, B rest on strips or formed, and passesunderthe first roller, the

The axle full of disks is held suspended by sheet of wire netting which is attached to the spool, and which has previously been drawn to the table surface, is allowed to unwind from the spool, and as the sheet of glass passes under the axle of disks, the disksforce the wire netting down into the soft glass about half way the thickness of the sheet. As the sheet passes under these disks, there are small creases and ridges on its surface, and it now passes under the second roller B which smooths it, and presses out all of the ridges caused by the action of the disks in the glass.

The disks revolve independently on the axle, by the contact with the soft glass. After the I 5 sheet is rolled, it is pulled from off the table bed, and placed in an annealing oven, by the usual process of rough and ribbed plate glass makings. After the sheet is annealed, and

taken from the oven, the marginof glass on either edge, in which no wire has been forced, is cut off, and the sheet is ready for market, either in the form in which it comes from the oven, or cut to a special size.

With this machine no previously heated table is required and no hollow roller, wherein heat is applied, is necessary.

Thisinvention isin the nature of an attachment to the present form of glass rolling table, as seen in Fig.4 and already in use, for by simply attaching the connecting frame with the disks and smoothing roller, a complete wire glass machine is provided. This 1 is a great advantage, as it permits any factory to make any sizes of rough or ribbed glass, and also any sizes of wire glass, on the same tables, with the same machines, and during the same days work. No claim is made to corrugated rollers for pressingthewire into t lass as these have been used. With the @%i,n.dislts, to press the wire netting into the the glass more evenly, and there is no drawently rotating disks, whereby less glass is displaced, less power required, and a smoother finish given than by any other plan.

In using my machine it is not necessary to remove an extra plate of steel or iron with each sheet of glass made, but only the sheet of glass itself is removed and placed directly in the annealing furnace.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a machine for making wire glass, the combination with a carrying frame; of an axle "having arranged upon the same a series of parallel and independently revolving disks to press the wire netting into the glass sub- 3 stantially as shown and described. 2. In a machine for making wire glass, the l combination with a carrying frame; of a l spreading roller arranged at the front, a l smoothing roller arranged at the rear, and an 1 intermediate axle having a series of parallel l and independently revolving disks for forcing ;the wire into the glass substantially as and j for the purpose described. 3. In a machine for making wire glass, the j combination With-a carrying frame; ofa series ;of disks having open spaces in them for ventilation and an axle carrying them, for forcing the wire into the glass substantially as described.

4. In a machine for making wire glass, the combination with a carrying frame; of a device for pressing the wire netting into the glass consisting of a frame with means for propelling it, and an axle having freely and independently revolving disks and alternating washers, both being out out or made with openings to permit a circulation of air for keeping them cool substantially as and for the purpose described.

5. In a machine for making wire glass, the combination with a carrying frame and means ffor propelling it; of a spreading roller ar- Tranged in front, a smoothing roller arranged jin the rear, an embedding device consisting iof an axle with independent and freely re- {volving disks arranged between the rollers, land a drum or spool for the wire netting arlranged in bearings above the spreading roll, jsubstantially as and for the purpose described.

6. In a machine for making wire glass, the i combination with a carrying frame and means jfor propelling it; of two rolls arranged at oplposite ends of the frame, and an intermediate axle with independent and freely revolving ;disks, a spool or drum arranged above the ;front or spreading roll, and guides or checks arranged in front of the spreading roll to determine the width of the glass substantially as and for the purpose described.

FRANCIS M. RYON.

Witnesses GEO. W. POWERS, CHAS. H. WILLIAMS.

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